Osamu Akaishi

Position: Catcher Akaishi is a childhood friend of Kou and Wakaba and is the same age as them. In part one, he has a crush on Wakaba and is jealous of the time Kou spends with her. In elementary school, he was kept from pitching on his Little League team because he got into fights with opposing teams. He was able to throw a 100 km/h fastball while in elementary school, but Kou could hit a home run off one of his pitches. However, since Wakaba's death, he plays as a catcher to fulfill Wakaba's last dream in which he and Kou reach Koushien with him being the catcher and Kou the pitcher. He currently has feelings for Akane, who looks a lot like Wakaba. Because he did not take the placement test for the baseball club, he is on the prefab team with Kou. His father owns a liquor/sake store. (Source: Wikipedia)